勤快

Chinese

		diligent; frequent	fast; quick; swift
trad. (勤快)		勤	快
simp. #(勤快)		勤	快

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kan⁴ faai³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kiun² kuai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khûn-khoài / khîn-khoài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínkuài → qínkuai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ → ㄑㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄎㄨㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínkuåi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²-kʻuai⁵
    • Yale: chín-kwai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn.kuay
    • Palladius: цинькуай (cinʹkuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kan⁴ faai³
    • Yale: kàhn faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kan⁴ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ken⁴ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐn²¹ faːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kiun² kuai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰiun¹¹ kʰuaɪ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûn-khoài
    • Tâi-lô: khûn-khuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunqoaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² kʰuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîn-khoài
    • Tâi-lô: khîn-khuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinqoaix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin¹³⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin²³⁻³³ kʰuai²¹/

Adjective

勤快

1. (informal) diligent; hardworking

Synonyms

• 亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
• 刻苦 (kèkǔ)
• 力落 (lag⁸ loh⁸) (Teochew)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勤力 (qínlì) (literary or Cantonese)
• 勤勉 (qínmiǎn)
• 勤勞／勤劳 (qínláo)
• 勤奮／勤奋 (qínfèn)
• 勤懇／勤恳 (qínkěn) (diligent and conscientious)
• 勤謹／勤谨 (Dungan)
• 堅苦／坚苦 (jiānkǔ) (hardworking and persevering)
• 巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
• 巴巴結結／巴巴结结 (bāba-jiējiē) (regional)
• 急計／急计 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 用功 (yònggōng)
• 發狠／发狠 (fa³ hen⁶) (Xiang)
• 耐勞／耐劳 (nàiláo)
• 骨力 (Hokkien, Puxian Min)